Time to taste the season dry figs.

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lampo

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Posted 1416155044	Reply with quote #1

Here some of the popular varieties. Naturaly grown, ripen and dried under full sun these sweet, flavored and very crunchy figs are processed following long time traditional methods. Côtio Branco Inchario Preto Bebera Branca Francisco Portugal

jc_figs

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Posted 1416155441	Reply with quote #2

they look gpod do they taste as good as they look __________________ Name JAILEN feel free to call me jc ........wish list...... black madeira ,ischia b lack, green ischia, patrics super giant, rdv, negronne, maltese falcon, lsu gold, lsu purple, lsu tiger, lounge d out, golden, celeste, black jack, black mission, brunswick, blue ischia, panache, strawberry latte, armenian, mvsb, col de dame, col de dame grise, col de dame noir, hardy chicago, peters honey, peti negri, unknowns, magnolia, kathleen black, labanese, and any othere except bt, and celeste improved bt or celeste are fine ,cuttings/plants zone 8a goldsboro north carolina. I'm proved Celeste or BT welcome!! figs growing brown turkey celeste and unknown yellow fig

figgary

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Posted 1416155950	Reply with quote #3

Absolutely beautiful figs (and photos), Francisco! Thank you for continuing great contributions to this forum. __________________ Gary in CA 9A Seeking: Bebera Branca*, Colonel Littman's Cross

bo3antar

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Posted 1416156492 · Edited	Reply with quote #4

excellency Francisco __________________ Kuwait

waynea

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Posted 1416156710	Reply with quote #5

Wow Francisco, they look super crunchy, look at those seeds, and I believe as you stated sweet and good tasting, just by looks alone a person would want to eat all of them in one setting.

andreas

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Posted 1416157034	Reply with quote #6

very nice Francisco do you dry them? or do you just buy them like that? __________________ andreas-patras Patra Peloponnisos Greece zone..9a

drphil69

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Posted 1416160780	Reply with quote #7

Wow, that is awesome! I guess they would be considered fully caprified. I didn't even know a fig could have that many seeds! (No wasps here in Delaware.) __________________ Phil - Zone 7A - Newark, DE Newbie fig lover just trying to learn.

HarveyC

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Posted 1416173840	Reply with quote #8

Looks nice, Francisco. Last night at our local Portuguese club's annual "thank you dinner" I was speaking to someone who had recently returned from the Azores and, naturally, I had to ask him about the figs here. His favorite is Pingo de Mel. His favorite drink is Aqua Ardente de Figo! Do you find many figs "preserved" this way as well? He said the alcohol content is quite high. He also said there is a version made with fig leaves. __________________ Harvey - Correia Farms Isleton, CA (Sacramento County) USDA zone 9b, Sunset zone 14 http://www.figaholics.com https://www.facebook.com/Figaholics

lampo

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Posted 1416178135	Reply with quote #9

Thank you for your commenting. Unfortunately these figs are only available in the rural and farmers markets in small towns and villages... In the bigger stores in town, they buy Turkish's only. Andreas, Yes they are home dried... the Côtio and Inchario are mine, Beb.Branca from my cousin. Harvey, Yes, your friend is correct. The small lesser quality dry figs are fermented and distilled to produce a very strong 'aguardente' locally known as 'bagaceira' or 'bagaço' . With this very alcoholic drink they prepare a fig liqueur adding a bunch of leaves of fig , grains of coriander, a stick of cinnamon and sugar... after seasoning this mix for a couple of weeks they add on water from the fountain and after being filtered you have a nice, strong and fig flavored drink. The distillation of figs is by now complete and the farmers are again busy cleaning their gear and alembics for the medronho (arbutus unedo) which is about ripe for pickup. Francisco Portugal

Papiruz

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Posted 1416210079	Reply with quote #10

Looks really delicious. Thanks for sharing.

pino

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Posted 1416250501	Reply with quote #11

Francisco, They look amazing and your photos make them looks so real you can taste them! How much for you to buy a few pounds and send to Canada..LOL __________________ Pino, zone 6, Niagara, JCJ Acres Wish; Peace on earth and more figs Italian 258, Galicia Negra, Luv, trade suggestions welcome.

FMD

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Posted 1416258137	Reply with quote #12

Ah, life is indeed good, Francisco! Who can complain knowing that such incredible delicacies exist? __________________ Frank Tallahassee, FL Zone 8b North Florida Figs

jc_figs

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Posted 1416259558	Reply with quote #13

im sorry to get off the topic but if someone emails you how do you check it does it go where your pm is i dont know how to check it __________________ Name JAILEN feel free to call me jc ........wish list...... black madeira ,ischia b lack, green ischia, patrics super giant, rdv, negronne, maltese falcon, lsu gold, lsu purple, lsu tiger, lounge d out, golden, celeste, black jack, black mission, brunswick, blue ischia, panache, strawberry latte, armenian, mvsb, col de dame, col de dame grise, col de dame noir, hardy chicago, peters honey, peti negri, unknowns, magnolia, kathleen black, labanese, and any othere except bt, and celeste improved bt or celeste are fine ,cuttings/plants zone 8a goldsboro north carolina. I'm proved Celeste or BT welcome!! figs growing brown turkey celeste and unknown yellow fig

joann1536

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Posted 1416259609	Reply with quote #14

Those look great, nice photos! How long does it usually take to dry figs in the sun? I wouldn't mind giving it a try next year. Home dried figs for filling some Italian Christmas cookies sound pretty good to me. __________________ USDA Zone 9b Wish list: Abruzzi, Pasquale, Tagliacozzo, Zingarella, Godfather. Any unk Italian, especially from Abruzzo.

andreas

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Posted 1416260651	Reply with quote #15

my friend Francisco have a greek one from me. ;-)) __________________ andreas-patras Patra Peloponnisos Greece zone..9a

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